Police Reorganisation (EDM1675)

Police Reorganisation

EDM number 1675 in 2005-06, proposed by Paul Flynn on 16/02/2006.

That this House notes that the highest levels of drugs crime, terrorist attacks and people trafficking are all in areas with police forces with more than 4,000 staff; rejects the claim that larger police forces reduce crime levels; applauds the splendid success in crime reduction achieved by smaller forces, especially in Wales; understands the public's opposition to the proposed uncosted, incoherent proposed "shotgun marriage" of unwilling forces; believes that the upheaval and waste of reorganisation will distract police from their core tasks and increase crime levels and council bills; is saddened by the desperate, scaremongering claim by certain Ministers that opponents of this unneccessary change are indifferent to the threats from terrorism; and calls for a halt to this rushed experiment until a pilot reorganisation in one willing area can be undertaken and rigorously assessed for cost and efficiency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Flynn	16/02/2006	Newport West	Labour	Proposed
Ann Cryer	27/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Michael Penning	27/02/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	27/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	27/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	27/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Martin Horwood	28/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	01/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	01/03/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/03/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Stewart Jackson	01/03/2006	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	01/03/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	02/03/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	02/03/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/03/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/03/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Binley	03/03/2006	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	06/03/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/03/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	07/03/2006	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/03/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/03/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/03/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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